As Drinking Buddy mentioned during his review of Langhorne Slim's show at Schubas , the Portland outfit The Builders and The Butchers opened up the night. And as DB surmised, this is a band that is right in my wheelhouse. Unfortunately for me, I was watching the Cubs come back against the Dodgers and, while the Cubs won, I missed out on seeing an excellent band. My immediate reaction when listening to the album is that The Builders and The Butchers are an easier-going version of O'Death . The songs are a little dark and they [...]
DC is giving away all sorts of goodies on The Waiting Room this week. In fact, he's giving away all sorts of things that I would rather like to win myself, bar a couple of things which I have already. I was supposed to write this last week, but given it appears I have some sort of Black Belt in Fuckwittery, I managed to miss it by a week. Idiot. Anyhow, all you have to do is listen to last week's episode and email DC with the weight, pounds or kilos, [...]
Port O' Brien (Oakland, CA) Just imagine the girl on the left is Zebedee. The magical Port O' Brien boarded their pleasure boat and have made their way out to Los Angeles for a show TONIGHT at Spaceland with The Builders and The Butchers . Unlike Gilligan and company this performance is only a 3 hr dealio. I have known Port O' Brien for a while now. You may remember guitarist Zebedee [...]
Holly Andres - Fiona I (2006) It's a flood. It's a flood. It's the illegal activity of a gang of disenfranchised liquid droplets. It's the view from the bottom of a fishbowl without all the fun plastic magenta kelp. It's one part helplessness, one part disdain, and three hundred parts water. It's the heavy stink setting after the fresh clean. It's a new home, a home taken down and marked by leagues below tide level. It's a monotone recitation of the [...]
Saturday, May 17, 2008 Brain Notes My brain is cluttered. I've been pounding out lengthy columns each week and in truth, length isn't exactly my strength. Ask anyone who knows me, I have the attention span of an ADD-addled four year old. Seriously, I can usually stay on one subject of conversation for a good eight seconds before breaking sentence and moving on. I'm terrible with organization and unless repeatedly badgered I forget all but the most inane trivia. I'm sort of a like a walking mental [...]
For some reason the first few times I caught wind of The Builders and The Butchers I was sure they were a metal band. Maybe it's the leering skull on the album cover, or the presence of the blood-soaked word "butcher" in the name, but I just assumed they had long greasy hair, cut off Slayer tees, and a penchant for speed-happy distortion. Not poo-pooing metal, but it just didn't strike me as something that needed to be listened to. Until I caught them live on Saturday night. Recently crowned by Williamette Week as [...]
Shout Out Louds photo by Chasing Fun This is coming in late, and if you check more than one music website on the internet, you're probably sick of this SXSW talk. But we've promised to end our coverage in 24 hours, so be patient and be understanding, and maybe download an mp3 or two. Friday for me started out at the Filter party to see Shout Out Louds . This was the third time I've seen them, and probably the best performance of them all. Band is just amazing live, and the [...]
Another year, another missed SXSW. I promise next year I'll try my best to get down to Austin to check out this seminal function in music, but this year I'll be here in Columbus, hanging out, waiting for the snow to melt. But that doesn't mean I can't help some folks out. I know that most of you reading this blog will also be missing out on the festivities in Austin, so I figured I would take a look at the list of bands playing this year, and do what I'm sure many many music fans do [...]
People fall in love for lots of reasons, some good and some bad. I don't know why I fell in love with my midget companion, but I did and now I'm stuck with her. What is the reason for this post then? I'm not entirely sure, but it's late and I am pished [...]
The Builders and the Butchers opened for the Helio Sequence at Spaceland on Tuesday, Feb. 26, and this is a continuation of that concert review. Immediately after the ladies of Hearts of Palm UK exited, the members of The Builders and the Butchers materialized out of the audience and took over the low stage by climbing onto it from the front. I didn't know anything about them before the show except for a couple of songs I had picked up just to see [...]
Neil Young ∞ The Deep Forbidden Lake The Jazz Mandolin Project ∞ The Deep Forbidden Lake Extra Special Bonus Song: Neil Young ∞ Too Far Gone (Chrome Dreams version with Poncho on the mando) Super Extra Special Bonus Song: The Builders and The Butchers ∞ Bottom Of The Lake Which version do you prefer? or did I leave about your favorite? Leave a hullabaloo. More: Compare & Contrast-s More: [...]
Indie-pop band Senryu is releasing a new album, Oh, My Darling Quarantine this Saturday, February 16th during a special performance at The Pilot Light in Knoxville, Tennessee. Oh, My Darling Quarantine is a record the band has been brewing up for somewhere in the neighborhood of two years. But in the grand tradition of pulling teeth, ripping off a band-aid or proposing marriage, Senryu has decided to pull the wraps off on a whim. mp3: Plastic [...]
A few tidbits from my inbox: 1. Echo Helstrom's song "Where I Sleep" will be on this Tuesday's episode of WB's One Tree Hill. 2. Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy will perform solo at the relocated Jackpot Records store at 3574...
The Builders And The Butchers are a band that I'd never checked into previous, but has caught my attention lately. I've been delving deeper into the smaller trinkets and treasures that might be available during a couple upcoming trips I'm planning. The Builders And The Butchers will be at both Noise Pop! 2008 and SXSW 2008 , and since I hope to be at both, I thought they should be tops on the list to check into. [...]
the builders and the butchers ...bringin' home the rain 2007 (française version) J'attends l'orage. Cet après-midi, j'ai trouvé, à la cave, sur l'une des étagères, une vieille lampe à pétrole. J'attends l'orage. Ils le prévoient grand ou grandiose. Après avoir allumé la lampe et m'être installé sous le porche, j'ai repensé à Jean Baptiste Kerouac, aux mots qu'il jetait à la face des orages : " Vas-y, vas-y si tu [...]
anchorage and portland have a strange relationship. probably half the musicians in this town eventually emigrate to the city of roses. this adds up to a staggering number when you consider that it's been happening since the late 90's. cheap living, warm weather, progressive politics, and tourability assemble into PDX GIANT ROBOT and crush anchorage's meager humans in every episode. while many transplants find success in new bands (skin culture, konami defense system, anatomy of a ghost, sleetmute nightmute, etc), it's rare that a band conceived in the north can win new hearts (36 crazy fists [...]
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